We're Setting Worlds On Fire

“Lil-Lily?” Andy asked and Lily froze as she heard his deep voice for the first time in seven hundred years. God it still sent shivers down her spine, but she knew she had to hide that-she couldn’t fall for that this time around.

“Lily-is that really you?” Andy asked again and Lily only sighed heavily as she closed her eyes and turned around. She stood there, her arms at her sides with her eyes remaining closed and suddenly Lily felt a strong pair of arms wrap around her. She opened her eyes, growling lowly as she pushed her hands against his chest. A powerful force hit him and he was thrown back a few feet.

“Don’t touch me Andy…” She said, her voice dangerous sounding and Andy could only look at her with a confused expression on his perfect face. What was wrong with her? Wasn’t she happy to see him? Where the fuck did that power come from?

“Lily-it…it’s me! It’s Andy! Didn’t you miss me?” He was pouting now and Lily only rolled her lavender eyes at him as she walked past him and began to climb out of the crater that she had made. Lily looked around and noticed that there was a long line forming at the end of the street and she knew that Andy needed to sober up and he needed to get the Hell inside.

“I know who you are and no…no I didn’t miss you.” Lily said harshly and she watched as Andy climbed out of the hole, his chest heaving as she looked at him and felt her heart sink. He was so out of shape-he was so very human at this moment that she knew she was in for a difficult time.

“Not at all?” He asked as Andy finally made it out of the hole and was able to catch a full glimpse of the girl that he loved.


Lily looked more beautiful than he had ever imagined her-her long white blonde hair was down below her shoulders, the ends curling around her pale white arms. She was wearing a flowing white dress that gave her an ethereal and mystical look. Her lavender eyes were wide and bright as she looked at him, her soft lips slightly red and angry looking as she was holding them in a stern frown. Her wings-Andy felt his eyes grow misty as he looked at her wings, the white feathers were blowing in the soft breeze and she flapped them every once and a while as she tapped her bare foot in her impatience. Andy snapped his head up to meet her gaze and if looks could kill he would have died at that moment.


“I’ve have too much to drink. This is either a really weird dream or I’ve died and you’re here to take me to Heaven…” He laughed, rubbing the back of his neck and Andy was pleased to see Lily crack a small smile. God he had missed her smile…

“Yeah-yeah you’ve had too much to drink. But you aren’t dreaming nor are you dead. I’m here and I’m not fucking happy about it.” Lily said as she crossed her pale arms over her chest and Andy noticed that her wings had all of sudden disappeared.

“Why? You’ve been down here before…I’ve seen you! You came to me in my dreams and I’ve seen you a few times at our shows. I even saw you today…atleast I think I saw you today.” Andy said as he scratched his head and Lily only rolled her eyes as she waved her hands in front of her gently.


Andy watched in awe as suddenly her white dress vanished and was instead replaced by an outfit that was pure Lily. Ripped jeans with black combat boots, a shredded AFI shirt that she wore over a long sleeved red and black striped Henley. Lily only smirked at his open mouthed expression as she waved her hand over her face once again and her eyes became smokey, her lips cherry red and her hair straightened out and hung in her eyes the way it used to. She stood there before him and it was like she had never left. Andy had to fight against himself-had to fight the urge within to run up to her and hug her once again. She had power-he had seen it and Andy was hoping that Lily would explain everything to him.


“I was coming down here to warn you you moron! I wasn’t visiting because I missed you! I was sneaking down here to try and get you to get your shit together. Which reminds me…that wasn’t me today in that club and why the fuck were you in that club to begin with?!” She was shouting at him now and Andy only closed his eyes. She was angry and disappointed-she had every right to be.

“Look I’m sorry! I’ve just been missing you Lily! I-I didn’t know how to cope with your death…” Andy said and Lily only rolled her eyes as she began to walk towards the backstage door. Andy followed behind her, placing a hand on her arm as he spun her around until they were face to face.

“I still miss you. Are you telling me you didn’t miss me at all while you were up there?” Andy said as he looked down into those lavender eyes that he had missed so much. He couldn’t believe that she was really here with him…Lily was back.

“No. I didn’t miss you Andy.” She said, her eyes sad as she looked at him and Andy only growled in frustration as he placed his hands on either side of her face and forced her to look into his eyes.

“Not even a little bit?” He asked, his voice low and seductive. Lily smiled softly-of course she had missed him, but he couldn’t know that. He couldn’t fall in love with her again…she couldn’t love him ever.

“I missed you for the first two hundred years…the last five hundred I was only watching over you to make sure you were doing what you were supposed to be doing…which you fucking weren’t of course.”She rolled her eyes as she pulled away from him and crossed her arms over her chest. He couldn’t touch her like that-she couldn’t let him get to her again.

“Two hundred-Lily you’ve only been gone seven months!” Andy laughed as he walked towards her, but stopped as Lily held up a hand. The air around her began to vibrate and Andy just stood back, unable to move closer to her. She looked so sad standing there, one arm still crossed over her chest as her other was out from her, palm side up as she looked at him with tears in her eyes.

“Time goes by differently up there Andy-just like it did down in Hell. I watched…for seven hundred years I watched you tarnish everything that you built up…” She was crying now, her lavender eyes tear filled. Andy walked forward but was pushed back once again by her force field.

“Lily I-“ She cut him off, pushing him further away and Andy only closed his mouth as he watched the girl he loved look at him with so much hate and disappointment in her eyes.

“No! I was taken from you for a reason! I was never supposed to love you Andy! We were never supposed to fall in love! I was supposed to come down to Hell, you were to bring me to Earth where I would guide you through life and then I was supposed to die! I was supposed to die in that warehouse with Lattie, but I loved you! I loved you so much that I lived and then when we…when we made love that was it…we broke the rules Andy…” She was crying harder now, her tears shining on her pale skin and Andy felt his own tears prick at his eyes. How could he not love this beautiful girl standing in front of him? How was he not supposed to ever fall in love with such a wonderful human being?

“Why are you here now if you hated me so much? If you aren’t supposed to come down here then why are you here now Lily?!” His voice was angry and Andy felt the tears running down his cheeks in little rivers. Lily only looked at him, dropping her hand and with that her force field dropped as well.

“I’m being punished for your bad behavior! They blame me…ME, Andy…for all of the things that you have done and for all of the things you have stopped doing. I didn’t want to come down here…I didn’t want to fall!” She was sobbing now and Andy sucked in a deep breath as he rushed towards her and took her in to his arms. She fell against his chest, her hands covering her eyes as he rubbed her back and rested his chin on top of her head.

“I-I’m sorry Lily. I-I got lost…I don’t know how to be human without you…” He said against her hair and suddenly Andy felt Lily stiffen in his arms. She moved away from him as if she had been burned and soon enough she had her hand up again, but no field came about.

“I’m not here to help you be human Andy…I’m not here for you to love me again.”Lily said, her voice stern as she looked at him with cold eyes. Andy gulped, he had never seen her like this and he suddenly wondered what had happened to her up there to make her this cold hearted.

“Then why are you here Lily?” Andy asked and it seemed like his question took her by surprise. He watched as she bit down on her lower lip and then looked him straight in the eyes.


She looked at him-what was she supposed to tell him? That his Army was growing smaller and smaller because Satan was such a temptation for these lost kids? His eyes were filled with pain and hurt and in that moment Lily knew that her death had really fucked him up. She had died, giving her life for his and Lily thought about that fact every day. If she had not loved him the way that she did-she would be alive today and Andy would be dead.

There would be no War-Satan would have no heir and he wouldn’t be fighting so hard to get to Andy or to Heaven. Andy probably didn’t even realize that Lily had been protecting him and the guys for the past seven months. There was a reason there hadn’t been any Demon attacks on the band. There was a reason why they had been able to tour in peace.

Lily had placed a cloaking charm on Andy and the guys the minute she learned how and they had been under her protection ever since.


“Andy-your Army is dying. Kids around the country are committing the ultimate crime against themselves. You were supposed to save them…the kids after those shows that you skipped out on because Ashley was too busy feeding you alcohol and throwing girls your way…” Lily said, dropping her hand and she watched with a heavy heart as Andy began to process her words.

“Wha-what are you saying Lily?” Andy asked. He wasn’t really getting it, but Lily could only look at him sadly as she opened her mouth and explained something that would forever change him.

“Those fans Andy-the ones who waited outside in the cold and the rain for you…they just wanted to meet their Savior. But you were too busy and so they went home and with a little push from the Demons within…they killed themselves Andy. They died and they went to Hell. Satan has seen an opportunity rise up and instead of sending them to be tortured…he’s turning them in to an Army of undead Demon Human Hybrids. They…they are fierce and near unstoppable from what we have seen…”
Her voice was sad and Andy felt like he wanted to be sick. He had never…ever thought that his actions could cause such a terrible thing to happen.

“I-no. No this has to be wrong…” He stood there, his head shaking as Lily watched his black hair fall into his face and cover his tear filled eyes. It was hard to hear and it was something she had hoped he would never have to know because she knew the burden would destroy him.

“It’s not. It’s true. That’s why I’m here Andy…to help you. To help you become that Savior that you were a year ago…to help you set the world on fire.” She was in front of him now, her tiny fingers reaching out to touch his tear streaked cheeks. She was shaking and as Andy looked up and locked eyes with her, he could see the old Lily coming back to the surface.

“What do I have to do?” He asked, his blue eyes locking with hers. Lily only smiled as she ran her fingers underneath his eyes to wipe his tears away.


The two of them said nothing as Lily grabbed for his hand and led Andy towards the backstage door. There was a lot to be done and they needed to start right away…they needed to give the performance of their lives tonight and Lily would make sure that that happened.

Notes

Aww...such a sad reunion. Lily will never be able to love Andy again...Angels and Demons aren't meant to fall in love. It's against the rules, it's against nature-but these two are rebels in their own ways and rules were meant to be broken.

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